An archaic pale green jade circular pendant, yuan


Western Zhou DynastyCarved on both sides with dragons, the contours detailed with double line grooves, the stone of olive-green tone with traces of cinnabar. 9.5cm (3 3/4in) diam.
|西周 玉雕龍紋瑗Compare with a similar pale green jade circular pendant, Western Zhou dynasty, unearthed in Fufeng, Shannxi Province, illustrated in Gu Fang, The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China: Shaanxi, Beijing, 2005, p.38.青玉質，色略透黃，瑗身陰刻抽象龍紋，首尾相連，正反皆然。本瑗刻工舒朗傳神，玉料打磨精當。此器孔徑約和玉身寬度，正合《爾雅·釋器》：「好倍肉謂之瑗」所記。好即孔，肉即玉。可參考一件陝西扶風出土的一件西周玉瑗，形制、尺寸與紋樣皆與本件相似，見古方編，《中國出土玉器全集14·陝西卷》，北京，2005年，頁38。